Asia follows Wall Street up in early trade Mon

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1 percent. Tokyo's Nikkei climbed 0.4 percent and Australian shares rose 0.6 percent. The Dow and S&P 500 both closed at new record highs on Friday after a broad rally.

The euro stood little changed at US$1.2173, not far from its lowest since August 2012, at $1.2165, hit the previous week.